Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
Variants:
constancy, always
Kun:
つねつねに
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1314 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 恒常 【コウジョウ】 constancy, permanence
  • 恒久 【コウキュウ】 permanence, perpetuity

Kun reading compounds

  • 常 【つね】 usual state of things

Readings

Japanese names:
のぶ、 ひさ、 ひさし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
heng2
Korean:
hang, geung

Spanish

  • eterno
  • siempre

Portuguese

  • constância
  • sempre

French

  • constance
  • toujours
1251 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1403 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1683 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1225 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1292 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
809 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1275 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1349 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1785 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
813 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
438 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
271 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
327 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
627 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10527 Morohashi
367 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1849 New Nelson (John Haig)
620 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
667 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1255 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1172 2001 Kanji
4k6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
1-1-8 SKIP code
9101.6 Four corner code
1-25-17 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6052 Unicode hex code

3 strokes
Radical:
slash 丿
Parts:
long time, old story
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
688 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 旧痾 【キュウア】 persistent disease
  • 久安 【キュウアン】 Kyūan era (1145.7.22-1151.1.26)
  • 恒久 【コウキュウ】 permanence, perpetuity
  • 耐久 【タイキュウ】 endurance, persistence
  • 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
  • 久遠 【クオン】 eternity
  • 上手く行く 【ウマクイク】 to go smoothly, to turn out well, to do the trick, to have peaceful relations
  • 阿摩美久 【アマミキヨ】 Amamikyu (Ryukyuan religion creation goddess)

Kun reading compounds

  • 久しい 【ひさしい】 long (time that has passed), old (story)

Readings

Japanese names:
きゅ、 わ、 なが、 ひさ、 ひさし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiu3
Korean:
gu

Spanish

  • mucho tiempo
  • largo tiempo
  • largo
  • continuado por mucho tiempo

Portuguese

  • tempo longo
  • estória antiga

French

  • longtemps
  • vieille histoire
582 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
676 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
647 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
591 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
153 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
704 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
289 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
45 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1210 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1273 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1097 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
20 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4191 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2121 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2867 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1025 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
118 Morohashi
3384 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
47 New Nelson (John Haig)
1016 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1092 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
641 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2562 2001 Kanji
0a3.7 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-1 SKIP code
4-3-4 SKIP code
2780.0 Four corner code
1-21-55 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e45 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
spoon
Parts:
change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
89 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 化 【カ】 change to ..., becoming ..., making into ..., -ization, -ification
  • 化学 【カガク】 chemistry
  • 機械化 【キカイカ】 mechanization, mechanisation
  • 民営化 【ミンエイカ】 privatization, privatisation
  • 化粧 【ケショウ】 make-up, makeup, cosmetics, decoration, dressing, veneer
  • 化粧水 【ケショウスイ】 skin lotion, face lotion
  • 応化 【オウゲ】 assumption of a suitable form (by a buddha or bodhisattva)
  • 教化 【キョウケ】 guidance, teaching people and leading them to Buddhism

Kun reading compounds

  • 化ける 【ばける】 to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.), to assume the shape of, to turn oneself into, to transform oneself into, to disguise oneself as, to change radically, to metamorphose, to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
  • 化かす 【ばかす】 to bewitch, to confuse, to enchant, to delude
  • 老ける 【ふける】 to age, to grow old (esp. in appearance), to show marks of age

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hua4
Korean:
hwa

Spanish

  • cambiar
  • transformarse
  • modificarse
  • disfrazarse

Portuguese

  • mudança
  • tomar a forma de
  • influência
  • encantar
  • iludir
  • seduzir
  • -isação

French

  • transformation
  • prendre la forme de
  • maquillage
  • influence
  • fantôme
  • enchanter
  • tromper
  • chimie
  • -isation
163 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
258 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
238 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
100 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
350 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
76 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
378 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
56 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.19 Japanese for Busy People
254 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
254 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
414 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
55 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
22 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
12 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
12 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1017 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2572X Morohashi
21 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
580 New Nelson (John Haig)
1008 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1083 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
104 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
242 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2156 2001 Kanji
2a2.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-2 SKIP code
2121.0 Four corner code
2421.0 Four corner code
1-18-29 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5316 Unicode hex code